Lolo Jones Drops Some Inspiration While Standing On Rock In A Dress

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When I went to my first an Olympic trials, I did not even make the final. Not even top 8 in the U.S. I thought I would never have what it takes to be an Olympian.

Four years later not only did I make my first Olympic team I was the fastest hurdler in the world.

In the Olympic finals I hit a hurdle and it cost me Olympic gold. Did it crush me? Yes and no, see if I had not hit that hurdle I would not have had the grit I needed to try again. Just like when I didn’t make my first Olympic team I used that pain every day to train harder for four years until I did.

Sometimes your greatest setback can be your biggest motivator.

Every major loss I experienced helped give me motivation to fight another day, try a different way. I just kept digging

I am one of the few Americans that is a Summer and Winter Olympian

My success started with a failure.

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